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The targeted groups were labeled with tags in the concentration camps.

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The Holocaust killed many other demographics aside from only the Jews

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The Holocaust killed many other demographics aside from only the Jews

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Homosexuals, Romas, and Soviet POW’s were just a few of the additional targeted groups

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Millions of Jews were sent to concentration camps where they were killed, starved, and gassed

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Hitler committed the biggest massacre in history against multiple minority groups in Germany

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Hitler was the mind of all the things that happened to all of the Jewish people and he killed millions of innocent people just because of where they come from. They needed to have blonde hair and blue eyes.

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hitler created concentration camps where they sent jews to live in cramped buildings that were over crowded with unhealthy living conditions.

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Hitler killed millions of jews and kept them into concentration camps and killed them in very harsh ways.

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Hitler killed millions of jews and kept them into concentration camps and killed them in very harsh ways.

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The night of broken glass was the starting point of it

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Anne frank kissed someone at the end of her movie

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I know mainly Jewish people were targeted and killed 

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I know mainly Jewish people were targeted and killed 

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hitler killed himself because america would’ve destroyed him.

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something I already know about the holocaust is that millions of people died

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Hitler was responsable for a lot of deaths ( Jews , Hispanic, Homosexuals people)

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concentration camps

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it was a massive genocide in germany of jewish people, gay, disabled, romas, polish people, spanish people, etc.

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Hitler killed millions

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Hitler was a terrible person and killed a bunch of Jewish people

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6 million Jews died I think

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People who were Jewish died for their riches

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Jews died

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Something that I knew about the Holocaust was that it was the most deadliest mass genocide in history.

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I know that hitler killed people Like Jews, or people that disliked him, and many other people. He used gas chambers to kill, and has concentration camps.

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Concentration camps

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Concentration camps

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It is one of the most horrific events in history, the effects of the anti-semeticism is still echoing throughout the world today. Hitler is one of the most impactful dictators and prime examples of fascism. More than jewish people were killed, it was a serious case of just german nationalism and white supremacy. Many people don’t truly understand the severity of the impact on many people it still has today. The population of jewish people still has not recovered. Stalin was also very important in the holocaust, and killed many people of his own. People should be more educated about the holocaust to prevent it from happening again.

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I know that many people were killed because of their race 

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I know that many people were killed because of their race 

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many people died n murdered by the german nazis
world war was going on
people who died were mostly jewish

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Hitler was the one who killed a bunch of Jews 

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Hitler was the one who killed a bunch of Jews 

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camps

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Gas Chambers and concentration camps

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concentration camps

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I know that hitler killed more people other than Jews like people who disliked him or even people with disabilities. I think there was also some sort of law or something before the concentration camps started that Jews had to where a badge to identify they were Jews and if there names weren’t Jewish they would give them another name.

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Millions of people died

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neighborhoods were made for jews called ghetto i think

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Concentration camps and shower gas

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The nazi party made concentration camps to wipe out all of the jews

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I know that they put yellow star to mark the Jews.

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I know that they put yellow star to mark the Jews.

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Use hair from Jews as a threading

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They conducted experiments on Jews. Mostly on twins

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Adults and children died in “showers” in concentration camps and their bodies were put on ovens

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a few million jews died in the holocaust

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People were brainwashed into think ww1  was because of the Jews so a lot of Germans would devolve a shared racism for Jewish people.

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A lot of Jews were killed

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lots of people died in concentration camps

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lots of people died in concentration camps

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6 mil died

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Close to 6 million Jews died in the Holocaust

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Nazi use Jew babies as shooting targets

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it was directed towards jewish people and Hitler was involved

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Anne frank

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They used ghettos and concentration camps to control and dispose of the jews

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Nazi Germany committed mass murder on an unprecedented scale. Before and especially during World War II, the Nazi German regime perpetrated the Holocaust and other mass atrocities. In the aftermath of these crimes, calculating the number of victims became important for legal, historical, ethical, and educational reasons.

The statistics below were calculated using a number of different sources. These sources include surviving Nazi German reports and records; prewar and postwar demographic studies; records created by Jews during and after the war; documentation created by resistance groups and underground activists; as well as other available, extant archival sources.

These death statistics lay bare the enormity of the Holocaust and other Nazi crimes. They are a starting point for confronting the scale of human loss unleashed by Nazi Germany.

How many Jewish people died in the Holocaust?

In total, six million Jewish men, women, and children were murdered by the Nazi German regime and its allies and collaborators. This genocide is now known as the Holocaust. Antisemitism was at the foundation of the Holocaust. Antisemitism, the hatred of or prejudice against Jews, was a basic tenet of Nazi ideology. This prejudice was also widespread throughout Europe.

During the Holocaust, the Nazis and their allies and collaborators murdered Jews in many places using several methods. The two main methods of murder were poison gas and mass shootings. They also murdered Jews in other acts of violence and by deliberately denying them access to adequate food, shelter, medical care, and other necessities.

The below statistics list the number of Jewish people killed in killing centers (sometimes called death camps or extermination camps); in mass shooting operations and associated massacres; as prisoners in camps and ghettos; and outside of sites of detention in other acts of violence.
Table 1. Breakdown and explanation of how six million Jewish people were murdered in the Holocaust

Number of Jews murdered (by site and method)

Explanation

Approximately 2.7 million Jews were murdered at killing centers.

The Nazi German regime created five killing centers specifically to murder Jewish people using poison gas. These killing centers were called Chełmno, Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka, and Auschwitz-Birkenau.

See table 2 for a breakdown of this number by killing center.

About 2 million Jews were murdered in mass shooting operations and related massacres.

The Germans and their allies and collaborators carried out mass shooting operations and related massacres of Jews in more than 1,500 cities, towns, and villages across occupied eastern Europe.

Between 800,000 and 1,000,000 Jews were murdered in ghettos, labor camps, and concentration camps.

In ghettos, concentration camps, and labor camps created by the Germans and their allies and collaborators, Jews were murdered through deliberate privation, disease, brutal treatment, and arbitrary acts of violence.

At least 250,000 Jews were murdered in other acts of violence outside of camps and ghettos.

The Germans and their allies and collaborators killed Jewish people in acts of violence and deprivation that took place outside of sites of detention (camps and ghettos). This includes Jews murdered in antisemitic riots; in individual executions; as partisans; and en route to and between sites of detention (on forced marches, trains, and ships).

There is no single Nazi German document that accounts for every death in the Holocaust. Rather, there are hundreds of thousands of pages of Nazi German documents that recorded this information. One of the best documented aspects of the Holocaust by the perpetrators are transports to and gassing operations at killing centers. Thus, we know with some specificity and precision the death toll for each of the five killing centers of the Holocaust.

Table 2 shows the breakdown of the 2.7 million Jewish victims murdered at the five killing centers.

Table 2. Number of Jewish victims murdered by the Nazis at killing centers

Killing center

Number of Jewish victims
Subtotal
approximately 2.7 million Jewish people were murdered at killing centers

In total, six million Jews died in the Holocaust. This number is calculated based on Nazi German documents and prewar and postwar demographic data.

How many non-Jewish people did the Nazis and their allies murder between 1933 and 1945?

The Nazis and their allies and collaborators murdered six million Jewish people in a genocide now known as the Holocaust. They also murdered millions of non-Jewish people between 1933 and 1945.

Table 3 lists the estimated number of non-Jewish people murdered by the Nazi German regime and its allies and collaborators for biological, racial, political, and/or ideological reasons.
Table 3. Number of non-Jewish people murdered by Nazi Germany and its allies and collaborators (by group)

Non-Jewish groups persecuted by the Nazi German regime and its allies and collaborators

Number of non-Jewish victims

Serb civilians murdered by Ustaša authorities of the Independent State of Croatia

more than 310,000

Germans imprisoned in concentration camps as "professional criminals" and "asocials"

about 35,000

During World War II, the Germans and their allies brought devastation to the continent, and themselves. In addition to those listed above, millions of others lost their lives as a result of World War II in Europe. The Germans and their allies killed innocent civilians in massacres that the perpetrators termed reprisal actions and anti-partisan pacification measures.

Furthermore, millions more Europeans, as well as Americans and others, were wounded or killed in the fight against Nazi tyranny. They lost their lives as soldiers in the Allied armies, and as members of partisan groups and resistance organizations. The war also cost the lives of millions of German and Axis soldiers and civilians.

Documenting Nazi Crimes

As it became clear that they were losing the war, the Nazis attempted to destroy evidence of their atrocities. They exhumed mass graves and burned corpses. They also attempted to burn and otherwise destroy the hundreds of thousands of pieces of paper on which they had documented their crimes.

But, Nazi mass murder was so extensive and destructive that it was impossible to completely cover up the crimes and destroy the evidence. It was obvious that millions of people were dead and that entire communities were missing. Despite the Nazis' efforts, both documents and witnesses survived. Combined, they provided irrefutable proof of the Holocaust and other mass atrocities. Witness accounts and testimonies and Nazi German documents served as evidence in postwar trials. They also became the foundation of the historical record.

Nazi Germany's extensive paper trail formed the basis of the case against Nazi leaders and organizations at the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg . In other postwar trials, Nazi German documents helped prove that individuals had perpetrated specific crimes. Witness testimonies in postwar trials also helped convict perpetrators.

Survivors documented their experiences in memoirs, diaries, and written and oral testimonies. In some cases, written testimonies survived but their authors did not. Survivors spearheaded the creation of archives, memorials, and museums, among them the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Memorializing the Victims

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum documents the stories and fates of the six million Jewish individuals murdered in the Holocaust, as well as the experiences of millions of other people murdered by Nazi Germany and its allies and collaborators.

For those victims whose names and stories remain unknown, accurately calculating the number of victims of the Holocaust and other Nazi crimes is an integral part of memorializing their personhood.

Last Edited: Sep 26, 2023

Author(s): United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC

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Behind the number of victims of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution are people whose hopes and dreams were destroyed. Learn about the toll of Nazi policies.

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This article is about the state-sponsored genocide of European Jews during World War II. For all peoples persecuted during this era, see Holocaust victims.

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Hitler wanted to create an Aryan race.

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It was Hitler's plan to take out the Jews for wealth reasons due to Germany not having any money

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Concentration camps

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Millions of people died in concentration camp most being Jews but before that there were laws to segregate them. Not many survived and some were even worked to death. In a lot of work camps women were forced to shave the heads. Sometimes people would help others escape. Sometimes soldiers would shoot up medical wards with kids. Many kids were experimented on. Books I’ve read on it include but are not limited to the boy of the wooden box, the boy in the striped pajamas, prisoner B-3087 and Anne Frank’s diary.

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A lot of people died in camps they had

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The story of Anne Frank